Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 21, 1915, Page 1

VOLUME XIII, NO. 305. GERMANS TAKE ENGLISH PORT N ULTICH %, Heavy Artillery Duels Rep. & Several Places; Russians Expe.. From Post Dasche. GENERAL RUSSKY IS RELIEVED OF COMMAND Berne Dispatches State That Russian Squadron is Bombarding Port of Varna. Berlin, Dec. 21.—The official Ger- man statement this afternoon stated that the Germans had captured the English post near Hultich on the western front. Many heavy artillery duels are taking place at many places along the west front. Russians occupied Post Dasche Sunday but were expelled by the Ger- mans yesterday. All other Russian attacks were repulsed. Paris, Dec. 21.—A dispatch from Berne this afternoon stated that a large Russian squadron is bombard- ing the Bulgarian port of Varna. Petrograd, Dec. 21.—General Russ- k¥ has been relieved of the command of the Dvinsk line, it was officially reported today. Il health was given as the reason. It is stated that the czar regrets the relieving of Russ- ky as the latter led the invasion of Galicia and captured Lemberg. PORT OF VARNA IS BOMBARDED London, Dec. 21.—A dispatch from Athens states that a Russian cruiser and two destroyers escorting sixteen transports vigorously bombarded the Bulgarian port of Varna yesterday. ENGLAND NEEDS 1.000,000 MEN London, Dec. 21.—Premier Asquith in the House of Commons this after- noon moved thé supplementary esti- n.ate of 1,000,000 additional men. ITALY HAS MANY CASES OF PELLGRA Rome, Dec. 21.—The increase on the tax on salt, it is believed, will increase Pellgra to over 120,000 cases through Italy. Physicians say that salt in cooking will prevent Pellgra. The tax on salt practically makes ‘t prohibitive. GERMAN SUBMARINES SINK TWO STEAMERS London, Dee. 21.—German submar- ines today sank the British steamers Huntly and Belford. GLOBE RESTRAINED IN ASQUITH CASE London, Dec. 21.—An injunction was today granted restraining the London Globe from continuing all li- belous attacks upon Mrs. Herbert As- quith, wife of the prime minister. GREEK GUNNERS FIRE ON FRENCH Berlin, Dec. 21.—Greek gunners at Fort Karburna, dominating Salonika, opened fire upon a French detachment which failed to halt at the sentry's call, says newspaper dispatches to- day. Dispatches state that the French fled from the Greeks. The Greeks continue to hold the fort despite the frequent allied requests that is be given them. THREE COUPLES ARE LICENSED T0 WED Marriage licenses were granted this morning to Charles Olmstead and Olive Wentworth, both of Blackduck; ‘Elmer Anderson of Thief River Falls and Bernice Huseth of Grygla, and Frank Silversack and Emma Ander- son, both of this city. THE CUB REPORTER ELECTRIC FOR.MY WIFES XMas ! GENERAL VILLA TO CONTINUE MEX WAR Is Deserted by Brother and Seven Generals; Has 4,000 Loyal Follow- ers; Peace Plans Blasted. +E Paso, Tex., Dec. 21.—Deserted by his brother and seven generals, General Francisco Villa is leading 4,000 loyal followers in the moun- tains of Chihuahua to continue the fight against Carranza. The Mexican peace plans were blasted by the fail- ure of the peace council to provide for Francisco Villa. By virtue of the agreement signed yesterday by former Villa leaders and Carranza officers, Villa’s entire army, with the exception of Villa himself and his brother, Hipolito, was grant- ed amnesty. Control of the Villa state of Chihuahua, including the cities of Juarez and Chihuahua, and the last of the border .points held by Villa, to- gether with 4,000 armed men, passed officially to the Carranza de facto government by the agreement. CHINA PROVINGES ASSERT INDEPENDENGE Five Declare Themselves Apart From the Yuan Shi Kai Government. San Francisco, Dec. 21.—Tong King Chong, president of the Chinese Republic association, received a ca- blegram from Shanghai, China, to- day, which stated that five Chinese provinces had declared their inde- pendence against the rule of Yuan Shi Kai. The provinces concerned in the re- volution were, according to the cable- gram, Kwang-tung, Kiang-si, Juan- nan, Szchuen and Kwei-chau. Mr. Chong, who has presided re- cently at several mass meetings of Chinese from all parts of California, said today he believed the action of; the fivé provinces would be followed by similar declarations from all parts of China. He said the Chinese in America were strongly opposed to the return of China to the monarchial form of government. Large sums, he said, have been pledged by California Chinese to finance a general revolution. AUSTRIA WILL NOT QUARREL Count Stephen Tisza, Returning From Conference With Emperor, Says Washington Must Keep Cool. Berlin, Dec. 21.—*“There will be no quarrel between Austria and the United States if Washington keeps cool,” Count Stephen Tisza told a United Press correspondent today. He gave his absolute assurance to this fact. “Thinking that there will be trou- ble is sheer nonsense,” said Tisza. He had just returned from a conference with Emperor Franz Josef in Vienna, regarding the Ancona note. He admitted that he was greatly surprised to get the note but stated that it was the only way to reach a much-sought agreement. He stated that he is now seeking an ambassador to fill Dumba’s place. Henry Waterson, the veteran jour- nalist of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Waterson yesterday celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. CITY GIVES $50 T0 POOR FOR A GHRISTMAS GIFT Council Meet; in Regular Session and Appoints City Clerk and Poor Committee to Spend Money. BID OF AUGUST PETERSON FOR WOOD IS ACCEPTED Routine Matters Considered ; Regular Bills are Approved and Ordered to Be Paid. The city council in regular session Monday evening at the city hall ap- propriated a sum not to exceed fifty dollars to be spent by the city clerk BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1915. (ELUHER MEN - ARRESTED FOR SELLING LIQUOR One ‘Enters a Plea of Guilty and is Fined $75 and $12.75 Costs; Others Plead Not Guilty. COMPLAINTS MADE OUT BY FEDERAL OFFICER Sheriff Johnson and County Attorney Torrance Continue Campaign . Against “Blind Pigs.” -Seven Kelliher men were arrested by | Sheriff last Johnson Kelliher - on charges of operating unlicensed Andrew evening at and poor committee of the council for worthy poor in the city for Christmas gifts. This is the annual gift of the city to the poor. Routine matters were considered by the council and the regular bills were approved and ordered paid. Councilmen Moberg, Lahr and Bailey were absent. The bid of August Peterson for 125 cords of jackpine, three-foot cut, at $2.25 a cord was accepted. Other bids received were Edward Anderson, $2.65; Matt Mayer, $2.35; R. W. Ra- ko, $2.50; George M. Severance, $2.40 and William Peckles, $2.50. All bids included the delivery of the wood to the c_ity wood yard. INQUIRY INTO WELLAND CASE Officials Believe Conspiracy Has Ex- tended Over Entire Country; Scope of Inquiry Widened. New York, Dec. 21.—Information obtained by the federal authorities téday” from witnesses appearing be- fore the grand jury, which is investi- guting the alleged plot of Paul Koen- ig, head of the detective bureau of | the Hamburg-American line, to blow up the Welland canal, have widely extended the scope of the inquiry. Merely Incident. After the grand jury had adjourned for the day federal officials stated that the Welland canal plot might prove to be merely an incident in a conspiracy which extended through- out the country. Indictments against Koenig and Richard Emil Leyendecker, the New York art goods dealer, who was ar- rested with him, are expected to be returned on Wednesday or Thursday. Gompers Appears. While the Koenig case was occupy- ing the attention of one federal grand jury, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was appearing before another which is concluding its inquiry into the case of Franz Von Rintelen, charged with instigating strikes in ‘munitions fac- tores. After leaving the grand jury room Mr. Gompers declared that he knew of no instance in which any leader of organized labor had been corrupted by German agents. drinking places. The complaints were ‘made out by J. P. Brandt, Fed- eral officer, 'who is assisting County Attorney Torrance and Sheriff John- son in their efforts to close up un- licensed drinking places. The men arrested were William Begsley, J. O. Harris, Harvey John- son, R. J. Poupore, Tom McCarthy, L. G. Kramer and Andrew Storman. Begsley, Harris, Poupore and Kra- mer were recently fined $50 on sim- ilar charges. In the municipal court this morn- ing before Judge A. M. Crowell, John- son entered a plea of guilty. This was his first offense and he was fined $75 and costs, which amounted to $12.75. Johnson moved to Kelliher less than a month ago. The other men entered a plea of not guilty and their cases were set as follows: McCarthy and Storman case, Jan. 6; Harris and Kramer case, Jan. 7; Begsley and Poupore case, Jan. 8. All were released on $200 bonds. Attorney A. A. Andrews represent- ed the Kelliher men and County At- torney Torrance represented the state in the case. MOORHEAD MURDER CONVICT INNOGENT Confession of Another Alleged for Killing of Dr. T. S. Egge in 1909. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 21.—That Frank H. Kathman, serving a life sentence in Stillwater for the mur- der of Dr. T. S. Egge, at Moorhead, Sept. 6, 1909, did not kill Dr. Egge, but that the real murderer is living at Houston, Minn., and has confessed, was the startling situation outlined today to Attorney General Lyndon A. Smith. Through letters received by C. A. Nye, now district judge at Moorhead, who was attorney for the defense in the trial, the information is being followed up. Attorney General Smith was one of the attorneys for the prosecution and secured the conviction of Kethman. That a man who lives at Houston has confessed to the murder and has stated that he still has Dr. Egge’s watch is the information the attor- ney general’s office is working on. Nothing is known at the attorney general’s office of his connection with the case.. STANLEY MAKES FINAL PROOF OF 160 AGRES John Webster Stanley made final The Egge murder was a sensation- al erime. The trial at Moorhead at- tracted widespread interest. Keth- man was convicted on circumstantial evidence. North Dakota with a producing proof today on 120 acres in township | population of about 150,000, raised in 156, range 35, just north of the town |1915.a crop that was worth Dec. 1, of Grygla. $205,468,400. Only Four More Days Till Christmas WELL GF COURSE. ELECTRICS MUST ALL\ | LARGE MARL BED G. P. Jones Discovers Large Quantity of Excellent Fertilizer and Cement Product. Large beds of marl have been found in Clearwater county, near Bagley, by G. P. Jones of Bagley. Marl is valuable as a fertilizer and as d surface filler for graveled roads. Cement is manufactured from marl. Mr. Jones, in a statement of his discovery, says: “I first discovered marl in town- ship 146, range 36. At the depth of about ten feet I struck marl. This layer was about four feet in thick- ness. Later, about a mile to the southeast of this place, I found a bed that was only four feet below the surface and the thickness of the de- posit was from 15 to 20 feet. . About a mile southeast of this latter place I found that the marl came nearly to the surface and of a depth of prob- ably thirty feet. I bored to a depth of twenty feet without going through. “I sent a sample to the agricul- tural department at Washington and their analysis showed .that it con- tained 74.86 per cent calcium carbon- ate. at the north line of town 146-36 on the west of section four and extends south and east into sections nine and ten in the same township.” SPANISH FORGES - REPORTED AGTIVE Troops Discharge Mauser Rifles and Substitute Modern Remingtons; Reépresentatives in U, S, New York, Dec. 21.—Spain has sent representatives to this country investigating the heavy buying of munitions. INTEREST IN SPANISH FORCE “Gib terest is being displayed in the activi- ties of Spanish forces. Sixty thou- sand soldiers have discarded the Mauser rifles and substituted modern Remington rifles. Recruits are in training. FATHER OF GARLOS AVERY IS MURDERED Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, who is well known in this city, has received word that his father, Frank C. Avery, had been killed by a stable boy in Gainesville, Fla. The elder Avery was a horse- man, who for many years made his home at Hutchinson, Minn., and was well known throughout the North- west. Carlos Avery has gone to Gainesville and will take the body of his father to Oberlin, Ohio, his boyhood home, for burial. Mrs. Avery and three sons and a daughter sur- vive. SELF-CONFESSED ROBBER RETURNED TO GLENWOOD John Harrington, who walked into the police station Saturday and con- fessed to a robbery at Glenwood, Minn., July 4, 1914, was yesterday taken to Glenwood by a deputy sher- iff of Pope county. Harrington claim- ed that he had taken $30 from a liv- ery stable till while he was intoxi- cated. His conscience bothered him so he confessed. By "HOP" THAT SUITS ME.- X AWNT BE GLADT) TAKE ONE. AND » l l This large bed of marl starts| 'FORTY CENTS PER MONTH. , *[RED WING QUINT FOUND AT BAGLEY| - WINS FIRST GAME: ~ FROM LOCAL TEAM Final Score is 18 to 16; Local ‘Boys Fail to Play Up to Last Year’s Standard. BEMIDJI TO SEEK ; REVENGE TONIGHT Game to Be Called at Armory'at 8:15 0’clock at Armory; Big Crowd to Attend. In a game that was featured only by ‘lucky shots, the Red Wing high school basket ball team, state cham- pions for last season, defeated the Bemidji high school team of last sea- son, at the Armory last evening, score 18 to 16. Not Up to Standard. The gam» was not up to the stand- a1d that has been seen in Bemidji during past seasons. Fiayers snowed lack of practice and aggressiveness. The Bemidji boys failed to play to- gether. They were inaccurate in passing as well as shooting and they failed "to break up what few plays that' were attempted by the down state five. . Lucky Shots Won. The Red Wing quint did not show the form that was expected. Lucky long shots won the game. for that quint, although it is admitted that they outplayed the local boys. The Red Wing boys appeared to be unable to dispose of the ball at times, there- by spoiling what might have been effective team plays. 300 Attend Game. A crowd of about 300 enthusiasts and the little “German band” at- tended the game. Spectators at times crowded out onto the floor and in- terfered -with the players. The game started with a rush and in less ‘than a minute after ‘play be- -gan Nelfon of ‘the Red Wing dropped in the inflated leather for a basket. Bemidji players made several wild at- tempts at baskets and failed. Nelson again broke away and dropped the ball in the basket for the second time. Hanson shot two fouls for the visiting team and Johnson for Be- midji shot three fouls. Bailey, Tan- ner and Graham each shot a basket. Nesseth of the Red Wing quint, on a long shot from the center of the floor succeeded in securing a basket. First Half 9 to 5. The score at the end of the first half was 9 to 5 in favor of the down state quint. During the second half the loeal team displayed at several times its old time form and broke away from its opponents. The visiting boys showed effects of hard playing and were unable to keep up the fast pace.” The game lagged at the beginning of the half but the finish was fast. For Red Wing, Hanson secured two baskets, Arntson one, Nelson, one and Nesseth one during this half. Most of the baskets were long shots, some of them striking the ceiling before going into the basket. For Bemidji, Johnson shot two baskets and one foul and Tanner shot one basket. Second Half 11-9. The result of the second half was: 9 to 11 in favor of Bemidji. The final score was 18 to 16. The game was the first defeat for the 1914-15 high school team on the local fioor. That the game tonight will be fast and that the boys will play in their old time form is evident. Bemidji is determined to take the remaining two games from the Red Wing quint and it is expeeted that a large num- ber of people will attend the battle at the Armory tonight. The game will be called at 8:15 o’clock. Diedrich and Howe were the offi- cials at the game last evening. The lineups were as follows: Bemidji—Tanner and Johnson, forwards; Cameron, center, and Gra- ham and Bailey, guards. Red Wing—Hanson and Arntson, forwards; Kulphus, center, and Nel- son and Nessety, guards. ' ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUPLE WED HERE Louis L. Schultz and Miss Made- line Graff,"both of St. Louis county, were married yesterday afternoon by Judge A. M. Crowell at his office. l | | i